1S8 JOURNAL, BOMBAY NATURAL MIST, SOCIETY, Vol. XXVI. 



1464. The Redshank — -Totanus calidris (L.) 



; A few were observed at Chamkaur on 13th December, from 



the train between Ambala and Ilajpura on 27th January and 

 at Rupar on 20th March. 



I4t)6*. The Greenshank — Totanus glottis (L.) 



" Noted by the late Dr. Scott as having been procured by 

 him at Ambala, and the specimens sent to the Natural History 

 Society of Montrose.'' (Beavan.) 



A common winter visitor and probably the most abundant 

 species of Sandpiper after the Green Sandpiper. It is usually 

 met singly but on migration parties occur ; for instance I saw 

 a flock of 9 on the river Ghaggar at Mubariqpur on November 

 6th and a flock of 15 to 20 individuals on the Sutlej at Rupar 

 on 21st March. 



1471 and 1474. Stints. — Tviaya minuta, Leisler and T. temmincki, 



Leisler. 

 A few odd Stints were seen during the winter from December 

 to 24th March ; but as I obtained no specimens I was unable to 

 identify the species represented. 



1484*. The Common Snipe — Gallinago ccslestis (Fronzel.) 



The Common Snipe is of course a winter visitor and a passage 

 migrant only to Ambala district and there are one or two 

 jheels — notably at Mubariqpur and Chamkaur — where sport may 

 be obtained. I did not see any later than 24th March when I 

 flushed about a dozen from the weedy margins of the tank at 

 Kharar. 



1487. The Jack Snipe — Gallinago gallinula (L.) 



Mauy were found in the Chamkaur jheel on 14th December ; 

 and a few in the Mubariqpur marshes on 20th February. One 

 was flushed at the Kharar tank on 24th March. 



1490. The Laughing Gull — Larus ridibundus, L. 



Six or seven Gulls were seen on the Sutlej river at Rupar on 

 16th December and 'z more on 20th March ; two others were seen 

 on the Ghaggar at Mubariqpur on 20th February. AU were 

 probably of this species. 



1499. The Gull-billed Tern — Sterna anglica, Mont. 



On 20th February on the Ghaggar at Mubariqpur I saw a 

 curious-looking Tern with a black bill ; it was perhaps a Gull- 

 billed Tern in transition plumage. 



1603." The Indian River Tern — Sterna seena, Sykes. 



Common and resident ; it breeds in colonies in April on the 

 sandbanks of the river Sutlej above the Canal headworks at 

 Rupar. Recorded by Beavan without remark. 



1504. The Black-billed Tern — Sterna melanogaster, Temm. 



Common and probably resident, but less abundant on the 

 whole than the last species. While I was at Mubariqpur early 

 in November large flights used to pass down the Ghaggar at 

 dusk, but this habit seem to have practically stopped when 

 I was there again in February. 



1517. The Indian Skimmer — Rhynchops alhicoUis, Swains. 



Observed to be fairly common about the sandbanks of the 

 river Sutlej above the Canal headworks at Rupar in the second 



